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Collection	Correspondence of Foreign Royal Families
Reference	GEO/MAIN/51937
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from ?Frederica Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg, to Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick
Date	22 April 1776
Writer	[?Württemberg, Frederica Dorothea, Duchess of (1736-1798)]
Addressee	Brunswick, Augusta, Duchess of (1737-1813)
Description	Dated from 'Monbeljar' [the county of Montbéliard belonged to the Duchy of Württemberg at this time and Duke Friedrich II lived there], and signed 'Dorothee'. Amid florid expressions of affection, the Duchess remarks that she is pleased with her future son-in-law [?the Tsarevich Paul, later Tsar Paul I], and asks the Duchess of Brunswick to intervene with her brother the King [George III] on behalf of an unnamed friend.
Place Of Writing	Montbéliard
Language	French
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper, mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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